British
poet Matt Duggan uses
language and images that are as vivid as they are often jarring. His poems
force a focus on the contradictions and non-sequiturs of life and culture,
fueled sometimes by a cold, discerning eye and sometimes by political anger
(Duggan’s the co-editor of the political poetry magazine The Angry Manifesto).
Whether he’s writing about dystopia
or the Greek
myth of Orpheus, he employs sharp, attention-getting images and metaphors.
And so it
is with his new collection, One Million Tiny Cuts.
It’s a
small collection, comprised of only 20 poems. And yet it’s length is forgotten
when one considers the power of the poems. These poems possess an energy that
surprises but never disappoints.
To
continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak
Poetry.
Top photograph: British poet Matt Duggan.
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